Pseudoneurotic and pseudopsychopathic schizophrenia: a follow-up.

A series of 67 pseudoneurotic and pseudopsychopathic schizophrenics were followed up. The prognosis was good insofar as these psychoses do not develop schizophrenic deterioration. Complete recoveries are rare, as borderline characteristics tend to persist. We only considered 5 cases as completely recovered. The hospital diagnosis was predominantly reactive psychoses, and the largest group of close relatives also had reactive psychoses. The distinction between pseudoneurotic and pseudopsychopathic schizophrenia is fairly reliable. By independent coding of 64 cases, the authors agreed on about 58 cases and disagreed on about 6 cases.